The Hon. Ananda Wijepala - Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs
Japan’s assistance through the IOM to the Ministry was provided in the form of equipment, including computers and furniture, rather than monetary donations, according to available records. If any financial assistance had been received, the Department of External Resources would have been involved, but no such reports are currently available. The Minister said the matter could be re-examined if necessary.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Member, your question asked whether funds were provided. Japan assisted through IOM, and a large volume of equipment — desktops, laptops, furniture, etc. — was provided. According to information available to me, no monetary donations were made via Japan or IOM. I will look into what you stated. If monetary assistance had been received, the Department of External Resources should have been involved. But we have reports only of equipment provided to the Ministry, with an inventory of items. There are no reports of funds received. If required, we can re-examine this.
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- Hansard, Friday, 6 March 2026 ·No. 23376 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Ananda Wijepala - Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 6 March 2026. No. 23376. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/5095